M5S begins expulsion procedures for two MPs

(ANSA) - Rome, November 27 - The anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) on Thursday launched procedures to expel from the party of two members sitting in the Lower House for allegedly violating party rules concerning the return of the excess of their parliamentary stipend. M5S members are asked to vote for or against the expulsion of Massimo Artini and Paola Pinna on the blog of the movement's firebrand leader Beppe Grillo. The blog is Grillo's key communication tool.
    M5S has always been strongly critical of the high salaries received by Italian MPs and made the pledge to cap its own representatives' wages part of its 2013 election manifesto.